Railway-car



(No Model.)

' H. F. HEUER.

RAILWAY GAR.

N0, 446,449. Patented Feb. 17, 1891.

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HENRY F. HEUER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RAlLWAYCAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,449, dated February17', 1891.

Application tiled September 22, 1890. Serial Nox 365,788. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. HEUER, of Chicago, Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Cars, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to vestibules of railway-cars;and it consists in connecting the tops and bottoms of the meeting platesin such manner that any force exerted upon the top of the plate tendingto move it inward toward the car-body will be transmitted to the bottomof the plate and have the same eeot on it.

In the accompanying drawings I have llustrated my invention. Figure lshows a side View of the adjacent ends of two cars coupled, one being inelevation and one in section. Fig. 2 is a top and plan View of same.Fig. 3 is a modification.

1 is the top of a meeting plate.

2 is the bottom of the same plate.

3 is a bar pivotally connected to the bottom of the plate and providedwith spring 4 to force the plate outward.

5 are bars pivotally connected to the top of the meeting plate, one ateach side, and extending inward toward the canbody.

6 are bell-cranks pivoted to the car-body, one at each side, in positionto engage the bars 5. The bars 5 bear against one arm of the bell-crank,and may be provided with a tongue entering a slot in the end of thecrankarm, as shown. bell-crank is connected by a oord 7 With the bottom2 of the meeting plate. The cord passes over a pulley S at the pointWhere it changes its direction. Instead of the cord, rods may be used,and instead of the pulley a bel1crank 9 may be used. (See Fig. 3.) Aturn-buckle l0 may be applied at a convenient point to the cord or rodsfor purposes of adjustment.

In operation, if the top of the meeting plate be moved in or toward thecar it Will operate through bell-crank 6 and oord 7 and move the bottom2 in toward the car. The two sides of the plate are independent of eachother and permit the cars going around curves, &e.

I claim- 1. The combination of the meeting plate l 2, the bars 5, thebell-crank G, and the cord and pulley 7 8 or their describedequivalents, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the meeting plate, the bar 5, the bell-crank 6,the cord and pulley or their described equivalents, and the turn-bucklel0, substantially as set forth.

HENRY F. HEUER. Witnesses:

WM. S. BATES, W. Rossrrnn.

The opposite arm of each-

